Complaint
In the First World War, reclamation was called the release of soldiers drafted for military service for civil (mostly war-important) work, e.g. B. in shipyards or in armaments factories .
Complaints could be sent to the front even with minor violations.
Nevertheless, a chain of shipyard strikes began in Hamburg, for example, in October 1916, which lasted until spring 1917.
The high losses of the German Army in the course of the war could not be compensated by advancing years. That is why men had to do front duty who had been more than 30 years old and / or had multiple families.
In the Second World War , conscripts could be provided indispensable (“UK”) if this was “in the interests of the Reich defense”. Skilled workers, miners, farmers, engineers, scientists and men in other professional groups could be released. The regulations for UK positions with special use of the OKW of November 1940 regulated details. Because of the high losses of the Wehrmacht in the course of the war, which could not be compensated by the new generation, the criteria were tightened several times.
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Footnotes
- ↑ a b c spiegel.de 2004: The fight in the kitchens